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Thanks for your comments. My plan is to review the detailed notes I had made last year a couple of times and start doing one AM practice exam a week from Oct ’16. I have the last 15 years of CFAI AM exams, plus 5 FinQuiz AM exams. Will save the full AM+PM exams for Feb-Mar 2017 onwards.
Up4If you have an accounting background then start with FRA, then Equity and then Corp Fin. That should be ~50% of the weight.
Then go for FI, Derv (do not use CFAI materials for Derv) and AI in that order.
Then PM, Quant and Econ.
Lastly Ethics about 2 mths before the exam so it is fresh in your mind.Up3Thanks for the quick response Christine!
Up2This is what I did and it worked for me (passed Level 2 first attempt in 2015):
1. Last week before the exam – do all the blue box and end of chapter questions from the CFAI material. This ensures that you have covered all the material and revised everything.
2. Last 6 weeks – cram in at least 8 mock exams (I did 6 Schweser, 1 CFAI and one Schweser live mock). 4 of the eight, I had to do AM and PM on separate days because of family/work issues, but avoid that.
3. Last 4 weeks – do all the topic questions that the CFAI makes available. These are all old exam questions and they are invaluable. The total (56 item sets) equals almost 3 additional mock exams.
4. When you read the Schweser materials (I used CFAI only for Ethics), make note cards as you go. I didn’t do this and lost valuable time later having to go thru and look at my highlights again. Try to look at note cards one day before each mock exams as you will be doing this the day before the exam and it will get you practice to scan quickly.I have a full time job, a 1 hour each way drive and 4 kids (9-15 years). I have a wife who is bipolar and had to be hospitalized etc in Jan. If I could get thru Level 2 in 2015 with all this – you can too. Hang in there and don’t give up!
Up2Hi,
Link to old Level 3 exams:
https://level3cfa2012.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/9-years-of-level-3-exams/Up2Hi Swetha,
I checked and the link works. Try copying and pasting in the browser directly instead of clicking.
I knew after I took the AM that it was going to be very close, so was not shocked at the end result. Luckily I love the subjects so need to go thru my notes and then start practice exams.
